Grieving and politics

摘要

Healing the wounds incurred during Northern Ireland's "Troubles" was bound to be slow, but the latest attempt to do so may actually have set things back a bit. On January 28th four "commissioners for victims and survivors" were announced, though only one job had been advertised. The move confirmed suspicions that the unlikely duo now sharing power at Stormont-the Rev Ian Paisley, once a hardline unionist, and Martin McGuinness, a former ira leader-could not agree on a single candidate, though they denied it.